In celebration of World Polio Day on October 24, 2020, Rotary District 7090 held the Dr. Ron Mergl Memorial Participate for PolioPlus event. Lockport Rotary members donated generously, and three members of our club, Paul Lehman, Shelley Unocic and Dick Mullaney, took on the challenge of cycling the 15 mile route. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_MXPQQ-t_c&feature=youtu.be
Mayor Michelle Roman present our club President Aaron Carlson with a Proclamation in regards to our work in eradicating Polio during the last Common Council meeting on October 21 2020. Such an honor to receive this distinction. Fast forward to 50:38 to see at: http://trms.lctv.net/CablecastPublicSite/show/6268?channel=3
"Unless we eradicate Polio, within 10 years, as many as 200,000 new cases could occur around the world each year. In the past 2 years, only two countries have reported cases, but no child anywhere is safe until we've vaccinated every child."
The Rotary Club of Lockport supports this effort!
For more information about ending Polio please visit: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio
After a year of restoring the post clock at Main and Pine, Lockport, thanks to the contributions of many donors matching Rotary's, the dedication of the beautiful work by Chuck Roeser of Pendleton took place on Saturday, December 21st, 2019.
Rotary Club of Lockport, facing the prospects of having no regular meeting or program s in light of the Corona - 19 virus close downs, has resumed meetings by Zoom. While we can't sing together (lol) we have speakers and can discuss acts of kindness we can do as Rotary Connects the World.
Dan Wilson, Chairman, 2019 Rotary Peanut Butter & Jelly Drive holds 1 of 122 jars collected - an improvement from the 22 collected in 2018.
